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Re: Buxton Papers
On Thu, 6 Jul 2000, Don Bryant wrote:
> I contacted a gentleman by e-mail yesterday that replied and offered a
> sample to me. Unfortunately orders must be made from the UK and they are not
> inexpensive, if you are interested I can forward the information to you. My
> main interest was to use Buxton for Cyanotype and Ziatype printing but
> judging from the expense that may be short lived. Perhaps I should import
> Buxton myself and resell enough so I can make a marginal profit that would
> offset the expense of my own useage :-).
Don, I assume Mike Ware must have used Buxton for his New Cyanotype,
because it was made with his collaboration, or at least was vetted by him,
for his pt-pd process. And I know papers perform differently with the
"new" and the "classic" cyano -- but my tests showed that Buxton was not
especially good for "classic" or regular cyano ... granted the tests were
with REALLY superannuated emulsion, but it worked fine on some others.
This was last in a series for the upcoming P-F, which is going to have
pages & pages of nitpicking about paper for Cyanotype -- and frankly was a
surprise. Another surprise was that the Buxton was WONDERFUL for one-coat
gum. Really one of the best prints I ever made was one coat on plain
unsized Buxton. I'd been to England and brought some back, and even so it
cost me (as I recall) $8/sheet (and I never did get my VAT refunded !!)
Still, if I could be assured of a steady supply for gum -- I'd probably go
for it.
HOWEVER, however however, my experience is it's not especially good for
cyano. So go figure.
Judy